LibGuides: Biological Anthropology: Articles

Biological Anthropology: Start with These Databases

Web of Science
Major multidisciplinary indexing database. Powerful and easy to use. 1900-present. Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, Science Citation Index. Major database indexes 10,000+ journals in the sciences, social sciences, arts, & humanities, as well as conference proceedings.
BIOSIS Citation Index
THE major database for biology.

PrimateLit

PubMed
Choose Abstract display to see UC E-Links icons for linking to full text and ordering interlibrary loans.
Zoological Record
The Zoological Record database has extensive coverage of zoology from 1864-present. Indexes over 4,500 journals, books, conference papers, & selected dissertations in zoology, and includes a very good subject vocabulary and helpful taxonomic hierarchies.

Other Social Sciences and Related Disciplines

Databases for closely related disciplines. See more databases by Subjects A-Z or complete list by title Databases A-Z

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts: LLBA
Indexes articles, etc. in the field of linguistics, including sociolinguistics.
PsycINFO
Abstracts and citations to the scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences.
Sociological Abstracts
Especially good for articles relating to the sociology of medicine.

General Anthropology Databases

Databases especially for anthropology. This button will let you link to the full text of the article if available (and link you to our catalog to check for print holdings if not).

Anthropology Plus
The major database for anthropology. Indexes articles published in over 2500 journals, plus chapters in edited volumes.
AnthroSource
Fulltext of journals published by the American Anthropological Association.
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Online journals published by the American Anthropological Association.
Anthropological Index Online

Multidisciplinary Databases

Multidisciplinary databases which include lots of anthropology content.

Academic Search Complete
Multidisciplinary database that indexes and abstracts articles in more than 10,900 journals and other publications in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian and Portuguese; full-text is available for over 5300 journals.
Pascal and Francis Bibliographic Databases
International index to journal articles published from 1984 to present in the humanities and social sciences, with special strength in religion, anthropology, history of art, literature, economics.

Google Scholar (Advanced Search)
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Search for scholarly publications across disciplines & sources: articles, theses, books, and more, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities etc. Use “Get it at UC” to click through to subscription content (if you don’t see Get it at UC, set that up via Settings > Library links).
Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective (1907-1984)
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1907-1984. Indexes articles published in wide range of important journals in the humanities & social sciences between 1907-1984.

JSTOR
Search by subject or browse full text of more than 500 scholarly journals in social sciences, humanities, and sciences, to their earliest issues. Many titles extend as far back as late 19th or early 20th centuries; most recent 3-5 years not included.
Periodicals Index Online
1665-1995. Index to 16 million articles from 4,700 North American and European scholarly journals in arts, humanities, social sciences; 30 percent non-English language. 10 percent of articles listed also include page images from Periodicals Archive Online
Project Muse: Scholarly Journals and Books Online
Search by subject or browse full text of scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences and mathematics. Coverage begins 1995 or later, depending on the publication.
Social Sciences Full Text
Indexes and provides abstracts of articles published since 1983 in over 700 social sciences journals, with fulltext provided for most articles published from 1994+. See long description for subjects covered.